DEMAND FOR DISCOUNI

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 118, 21 May 1931, Page 10

DEMAND FOR DISCOUNI

PAER.OA CIVIL SERVANTS NOTICE SENT RETAILER' EXCLUSIVE PURCHASE |H/A' (From Our Own Correspondent.) PAEROA, this,d;i. The business people of Paeroa Irecently received a circular notice ithe "Paeroa Combined Public. Sen Cash Purchase Association," ihtima: that as all Civil servants have had' salaries reduced by 10 per cent t. am "almost forced to take some itfor redress in-the total absence of » similar reduction in the local com living." "A .committee has been form* ; discover the attitudes and thougui*I individual trading concerns •in ; Paeroa district. It depends ent; upon your reply to this letter »■; action or actions may be taken o local Combined Public Services • Purchase Association, when fonneu. "The enclosed draft agreement submitted for your consideration-, will, please reply at your veuience, not later than May a - and state therein your decisions .i<V-\ ing-the discounts you -feel i promising the members of this a tioa: (a) For cash; (b) tor m#« cash account. , '. "It is estimated that there are families dependent upon Civil rein the Paeroa district. \ou ma} ■ assured, therefore, that there is »». nounced body of public opinion this nucleus of an association, as its ultimate formation is me . matter of time; whilst its act.i« are dependent upon the JdjJ«»»y general reconsideration of tne h economic situation, and your own -u to this letter." . ■~;,-, The proposed agreement P' f that the association . as possible (or recommend) its ro to purchase from the vendor only- ~ that if the purchaser fails to-A account monthly the vendor slia' the right to charge the ordinarj «" price. ■ _,i o ic i A meetin? of the business people be held to discuss the circular.